Title: [Plugin: PHP Code Widget] get post meta data not working in PHP Widget
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: PHP Code Widget] get post meta data not working in PHP Widget

 *  Resolved [moongoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moongoose/)
 * (@moongoose)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-php-code-widget-get-post-meta-data-not-working-in-php-widget/)
 * Hi,
 * I can insert the following code in my sidebar.php file:
 *     ```
       <?php $sidebar = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Sidebar', $single = true); ?>
       <?php if($sidebar !== '') { ?>
       <?php echo $sidebar; ?>
       <?php } else { echo ''; } ?>
       ```
   
 * And the values in my Sidebar custom field display. But when I insert this code
   into the PHP widget instead, it simply does not get the post meta data. Any ideas
   what I’m doing wrong?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/php-code-widget/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/php-code-widget/)

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-php-code-widget-get-post-meta-data-not-working-in-php-widget/#post-1360772)
 * Add `global $post;` to the top of your code.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-php-code-widget-get-post-meta-data-not-working-in-php-widget/#post-1360772)
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